पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न

(1) Scheme for Financial Assistance to select States/UTs for Skill Development in Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector and

(2) Skill Development in ESDM for Digital India,

Both the Schemes would be in operation for four (04) years

The target of the scheme is to cover more than 4 lakh candidates in all the States/UTs of India.

To utilize the existing human resource, undergoing studies in schools (IX standard onwards)/ITIs/Polytechnics/UG Colleges (non-engineering) and the school drop outs/unemployed youth by providing them with additional skills that are recognized by industry for employment in ESDM sector.

Encouraging new investments in training in ESDM sector by Industry.

Major Industry Verticals of the Electronics System design are covered under ESDM Scheme.

2. Question:What are the main objectives of the Scheme?

Answer: The combined objective of the "Scheme for Financial Assistance to select States/UTs for Skill Development in Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector" and "Skill Development in ESDM for Digital India" is to provide financial assistance for facilitating skill development for 4,18,000 persons in ESDM sector by involving select States/UTs for improving the employability of the students/unemployed youth.

3. Question: Can I register in any other District/State for a course which is not available in my District/State?

Answer: Yes, any candidates wishing to upgrade his/her skill may enrol in any State/UT in the ESDM course subject to fulfilling the eligibility criterion of the ESDM Scheme. The candidates enrolled in other States will get the certificate from the States, where the candidate is enrolled.

4. Question:Can I register for two courses under the ESDM Scheme?

Answer:No, the candidates are entitled to enrol for only one course under the ESDM Scheme.

5. Question:9. Can the scheme be availed for upgrading skills?

Answer: Yes, anybody including working professionals can enrol in the ESDM courses. The minimum eligibility criteria, as specified in the in details of the courses, needs to be adhered to.

6. Question:What is the course fee under the ESDM Scheme?

Answer: The level wise course fee is given in the following table.

Course at Level

L1, L2

L3

L4

L5

Level-wise Course fee per candidate

Rs 5,000/-

Rs. 10,000/-

Rs. 12,000/-

Rs. 15,000/-

However, the scheme provides Financial Assistance as given below:

Assistance of 75% of course fee (fixed for each level) for students belonging to General Category and the remaining 25% to be paid by the candidate.

Assistance of 100% of course fee for students belonging to SC/ST, Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). 40% seats would be reserved for the students belonging to these categories.

7. Question:Which training centres are conducting training under the Scheme?

Answer: There are multiple training centres affiliated to the key Certifying Agencies viz. ESSCI/NIELIT/TSSC. List of training centres along with the courses they provide and locations can be found on the website.

8. Question:How many courses are being offered under the ESDM Scheme?

Answer: Currently 24 courses are being offered under the ESDM Scheme. The details of the courses are available on the ESDM website.

1. Question:Who can become the Training Partner under the ESDM Scheme?

Answer: Any Institute/Organisation/Society etc., working in the ESDM domain and fulfilling the norms of the respective Certifying Agencies viz. ESSCI / NIELIT / TSSC.

2. Question:How many Certifying Agencies are responsible for Affiliation/Certification/Assessment of the ESDM Courses/Scheme?

Answer: Currently Three Certifying agencies viz. ESSCI / NIELIT / TSSC are responsible for Affiliation/Certification/Assessment of the ESDM Courses/Scheme.

3. Question:Are the Training Partners permitted to affiliate with more than one Certifying Agency?

Answer: yes, under ESDM Scheme Training Partners are allowed to affiliate with more than one Certifying Agencies.

4. Question:Who is responsible for paying the money to the training partner if the candidate drops out without giving the assessment?

Answer: Training Partner will bear the risk if the trainee doesn't get certified because of not appearing for assessment.

5. Question:What is the process to register as new training partner? What is the registration Fee?

Answer: All Training providers, who have no prior affiliation with any Certifying Agency viz. ESSCI/NIELIT/TSSC, will contact to the relevant Certifying Agencies fulfilling the accreditation norms of that particular ESSCI/NIELIT/TSSC. The registration fees to be paid by the Training Partner will be decided by the relevant ESSCI/NIELIT/TSSC.

6. Question:Who is responsible for the assessment and what happens if the trainee doesn't pass the assessment?

Answer: SSCs/NIELIT are responsible for the assessment of the candidates under the ESDM Scheme, these assessments should be independent of the training provider. A candidate will get total three chance of assessment and the candidate is not required to pay for the first chance. For remaining two chances candidates will have to pay the assessment fee. A candidate has to undergo formal training as a prerequisite for assessment.

7. Question:Whether tie-up of Training Institutes with Hospitals is allowed for the Medical Electronics courses, as the cost of hardware is high and will not be available at Institute Level?

Answer: As per the SIA guidelines, role of State Implementing Agency (SIA) is to ensure the sharing of resources like labs, workshops etc, if need arises, for the training partners.

8. Question:Who will be the members of admission committee? Whom the candidates will report for admission?

Answer: The training partner would be responsible for the admission process with due verification of the certificates of qualifications, Aadhaar Card, EWS/ Caste certificates (in case of SC/ST and EWS candidates). The training partner can also conduct examination for the admission of the candidates, if required.

9. Question:What will be grievance redressal mechanism?

Answer: The indicative grievance redressal points are given below and the guidelines for this are being firmed up.

In case of any grievance of the student with the training partner, the student may approach to the SIA/Certifying Agency/PMU for grievance redressal.

In case of any grievance of the training partner with the SIA, the training partner may approach Certifying Agency/PMU/ DeitY for grievance redressal.

In case of any grievance of the Certifying Agency with the SIA, the Certifying Agency may approach the PMU/DeitY for grievance redressal.

10. Question:Who will be responsible for keeping the admission record, certificates of qualifications etc? How the admission record will be transmitted along the chain, whether softcopy or hardcopy?

Answer: All the Training Partners will keep the record of certificates of qualifications/Cast/EWS in hard copies as well as soft copies for further verification by CAs/SIAs/PMU, if required.

11. Question:What particulars need to be obtained from the student? What documents shall be required from the student in case of 100% fee waiver?

Answer: Regarding documents for students in case of 100% fee waiver, the copy of the relevant category (SC / ST/ EWS as applicable) shall be required.

12. Question:What will be percentage of theory and practical during the syllabus coverage?

Answer: The percentage of theory and practical is as per the course details of the 24 courses already approved by the Expert Committee.

13. Question:What will be the batch strength?

Answer: As per the guideline of the role of Training Partner, the batch size is recommended to be of 20-30 candidates per batch and multiple batches may be created in case of larger enrolments. The role of the SIA would be to allot the number of seats against courses to the Training partners and the training partners need to adhere to the SIA allocation.

14. Question:What will be the ratio of quantity of hardware to the number of students?

Answer: The training partner needs to adhere to the accreditation norms of agency (ESSCI, TSSC and NIELIT) to whom the TP is affiliated with. The ratio of quantity of hardware to number of students would be as per the accreditation norms of ESSCI/ TSSC/ NIELIT.

15. Question:What will be the direction regarding the Inspection of the Institutes during the commencement/ continuation of the courses?

Answer : The inspection of the institutes would be as per Norms of the respective Certifying Agencies viz. ESSCI / NIELIT / TSSC. The inspection may also be done by respective SIAs and NIELIT-PMU, as and when required.

16. Question:Whether video-graphy of Theory/Practical exam or uploading of the photos on a web site needs to be done?

Answer: This will be as per the Examination norms of the respective Certifying Agencies viz. ESSCI / NIELIT / TSSC.

17. Question:How reimbursement of the bills to the TPs is linked with the placement?

Answer: For Service sector courses: Reimbursement to be provided only after a candidate clears a certification exam by NIELIT or SSCs or a certifying body recognized by SSCs as they are not directly linked to the employment.

For Manufacturing Sector Courses: As per Expert Committee recommendation the employability to be kept as minimum of 70% of the pass-out candidates for 100% fee reimbursement by training provider and per candidate employed for below 70%.

1. Question:Who will be responsible for the batch size of the ESDM courses?

Answer: The SIA will create a batch size, depending on the targets of skilling made available to them. These will be shared with the respective Training Partners.

2. Question:Who will transfer the funds against the reimbursement claimed by the Training partners?

Answer: It is the sole responsibility of the SIA to transfer funds to the training partner against the reimbursement claim of the successfully certified candidates. The Certifying agency or PMU are in no way, involved in this process.